It’s a favourite subject of mine, so it’s fair to say the Czech Mint’s three-year, twelve-coin look at the tanks of the Second World War, was always going to get a Coin Series Profile, and that is indeed the case. The coins have been released at the rate of four per year, one each from the Soviet Union, Britain, the US, and Germany annually.

The latest issue is the American coin for 2024, and features the M26 Pershing heavy tank, a model that arrived in the European theatre in early 1945, too late to have a real impact, but showing a promise that bore fruit in the Korean War. The M26 is depicted in the coin centre, with a silhouette at top, and a track pattern around the bottom.

There’s a one-ounce silver variant, and a tenth-ounce gold, and both are available to order now. The next issue is due in August, and will be the Panzer IV, followed in October by the MK VI Crusader, and wrapping up in November with the IS-2.